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i returned to the university of texas where i got my ph.d. in philosophy and went to the jobs bulletin board in the ole thing up there was a notice from the department of labor about minimum wage and what you're entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. so i saw student walked by and kelly is a philosophy student so i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? he said fine. i got made ph.d. here. he said how's that working out for you? i said fine, that i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue. that's tradition. i hope it is. anyway we talk a lot about s.t.e.m. jobs he could spare the jobs it seems that are very much worth it and they of course have studied is quite worth it. we based some of the conclusions we came up with in the book on the return on investment on a pay scale from the year 2012 to 2013 the numbers are out too and this has shown that this pattern continues. the top 10 institutions in terms of giving you a return on investment are all technical institutions are institutions
i returned to the university of texas where i got my ph.d. in philosophy and went to the jobs bulletin board in the ole thing up there was a notice from the department of labor about minimum wage and what you're entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. so i saw student walked by and kelly is a philosophy student so i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? he said fine. i got made ph.d. here. he said how's that working out for you? i said fine, that i have...
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senator lieutenant governor, usually the most powerful office in texas? >> i can say with absolute certainty i will run for one of two offices, either my state senate seat for the governor. [applause] >> one more question on these lines. would you consider running as vp candidate with hillary clinton? [laughter] [applause] >> in answer to that, i would say we will have to find out whether hillary is planning to run for president first. >> texas state senator, wendy davis, also addressed the political climate in texas, education funding and women's health care. see her entire remarks at the national press club at the standout work. >> new jersey voters go to the polls a week from tomorrow to pick a democratic candidate for the late senator frank lab berkeley b.c. c-span will have live coverage at 7:30 eastern tonight's candidate debate. newark mayor cory booker faces rush holt, state assembly member sheila oliver and congressman frank. >> i've been pushing for this in a senate that would remove cybersecurity legislation. it's big, complicated, but it means
senator lieutenant governor, usually the most powerful office in texas? >> i can say with absolute certainty i will run for one of two offices, either my state senate seat for the governor. [applause] >> one more question on these lines. would you consider running as vp candidate with hillary clinton? [laughter] [applause] >> in answer to that, i would say we will have to find out whether hillary is planning to run for president first. >> texas state senator, wendy...
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>> so we have a perfect study in which 50 states you could track health costs, and some states like texas have set very severe caps. and they have not seen lower trend lines because they set the caps. so it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine, it's true that we need changes. that's all true. it won't fix the cost trends. the cost trends are because of unnecessary capacity, it's because of irrationality in the system, it's because of, you know, delivering too much of the wrong kinds of services. so, you know, you have lots of -- you know, the ama's answer to this and physicians' answer to this is always tort reform. and you can say, you know, yes, you're right, the tort system need to be fixed, but that's not the answer to the cost trends. >> well, thank you, dr. brenner. that was incredibly interesting. [applause] >> thank you so much. ms. . [applause] >> that, i want to ask dan, our nga executive director, to give us an update of the work on the association in assisting states to control health costs while maintaining quality. >> thank you. you probably won't be su
>> so we have a perfect study in which 50 states you could track health costs, and some states like texas have set very severe caps. and they have not seen lower trend lines because they set the caps. so it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine, it's true that we need changes. that's all true. it won't fix the cost trends. the cost trends are because of unnecessary capacity, it's because of irrationality in the system, it's because of, you know, delivering too much of...
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they went to florida, they went to texas. they went to the nationals who don't do that stuff. we passed the law in the cayman to your district from a southern part of it all the way up to guthrie. i mean, it just hit oklahoma july 1. you're going to have to travel and then you're going to have to have a supplier. >> the state law? >> of federal law iraq okay. >> medicare.gov is a supplier. in other words, the one gentleman says that this happens. there are four local suppliers that got a contract and all the rest of these. so they access the wheelchairs and walkers and whatever else has drastically changed. the law says that wal-mart out of contract and they bring it to you and deliver it and teach you how to use it. if anyone believes that's going to happen, i do not. >> skepticism is a good thing. the gentleman right here? >> when it comes to sequestration, a lot of us are asking about more than his and more of that. i was really proud to take a job at an air force base this year. all of a sudden you're telling me that my time is not worthwhile. >> my dad worked 20 years, my
they went to florida, they went to texas. they went to the nationals who don't do that stuff. we passed the law in the cayman to your district from a southern part of it all the way up to guthrie. i mean, it just hit oklahoma july 1. you're going to have to travel and then you're going to have to have a supplier. >> the state law? >> of federal law iraq okay. >> medicare.gov is a supplier. in other words, the one gentleman says that this happens. there are four local suppliers...
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i return to the university of texas -- texas. i went to the jobs bulletin board and the only thing was that there was a notice about minimum wage and what you are entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. i saw a student walked by and he could tell he was a philosophy student because i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? i got my ph.d. here. he said how is that working out for you? i said fine, i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue in a certain tradition. i said i hope it is. anyway we talk a lot about stimac jobs in the book because they are the jobs it seems are very much worth it that they're the course of study at least at the present is quite worth it. we based some of the conclusions we came up with in the book on the return on investment findings in the pay scale from the year 2012 to 2013 numbers that are out to math. this has shown that this pattern continues. the top 10 institutions in terms of giving you a return on investment are all technical institutions
i return to the university of texas -- texas. i went to the jobs bulletin board and the only thing was that there was a notice about minimum wage and what you are entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. i saw a student walked by and he could tell he was a philosophy student because i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? i got my ph.d. here. he said how is that working out for you? i said fine, i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue...
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texas, this is the supposition, but texas has that kind of free enterprise mentality that some of these states like california don't. .. and it's really an amazing phenomenon, they've got taken over those occupations. past events and job placement? probably. used to be whites and blacks that have those jobs. now they're going to eastern europeans. when you look, there was a "washington post" a big story on this, they were saying -- they interviewed a lot of these people which most of them were very new immigrants. some had just arrived. i just thought it was fascinating, the attitude of these immigrants. several of them told this reporter the great thing about america is there's all these jobs. that's not something americans think, like there's all these jobs. the other thing on these immigrants said was, the other great thing about america is that if you work hard you can get ahead in this country. >> i was here in texas a month or two ago, and it was a small business, just one little taxi come and the driver was an immigrant. i asked him about his experience when he came to america. h
texas, this is the supposition, but texas has that kind of free enterprise mentality that some of these states like california don't. .. and it's really an amazing phenomenon, they've got taken over those occupations. past events and job placement? probably. used to be whites and blacks that have those jobs. now they're going to eastern europeans. when you look, there was a "washington post" a big story on this, they were saying -- they interviewed a lot of these people which most of...
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this is one reason to be very bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing also is texas and california are the two highest immigration states. one of the interesting things is that texas does a much, much better job in my opinion of economically assimilate in immigrants so that they are successful. telephone is much more of a welfare state. it in dr. mays immigrants into the welfare system at a much higher pace than texas does. people come to texas in my opinion for jobs. people go to california for welfare. so you're saying i think the different economic outcomes as a result of this. texas is the mall the other states should be emulating. >> the immigration discussion continues at seven eastern at c-span panel. we will take a phone calls, and you can also join the conversation on facebook and twitter. c-span town hall is live at seven eastern. each night while congress is on recess we are showing encore presentations of human agency spent too. today, former carson bob ney, the ohio republican spent a year in federal prison after plead
this is one reason to be very bullish on the future of texas. the interesting thing also is texas and california are the two highest immigration states. one of the interesting things is that texas does a much, much better job in my opinion of economically assimilate in immigrants so that they are successful. telephone is much more of a welfare state. it in dr. mays immigrants into the welfare system at a much higher pace than texas does. people come to texas in my opinion for jobs. people go to...
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delays legal woes are in the state of texas and had nothing to do with abramoff. the justice department totally dropped it. should tom delay have been indicted by the federal government? >> guest: i can answer that because i'm not alberto gonzÁlez and i'm not jack abramoff but i will tell you this if i was indicted for going -- if i pled because i won a trip to scotland. tom went to mariano islands and jack and i didn't. the question is that an illegal trip? jack paid for tom's doctors bridal shower or baby shower. the former chief of staff received a filter billion dollars a jack abramoff into some type of foundation or some such thing. now are those indictable? i don't know. i'm not alberto gonzalez but my point is that if a jury in texas in the state in fact convicted tom delay what happened here with the justice department, these are peanut things is as jack abramoff comes to a conclusion. they can indict the end we were all indictable or we all were. were. c-span: appreciative picture be standing on saint andrews golf course i believe it is with the group an
delays legal woes are in the state of texas and had nothing to do with abramoff. the justice department totally dropped it. should tom delay have been indicted by the federal government? >> guest: i can answer that because i'm not alberto gonzÁlez and i'm not jack abramoff but i will tell you this if i was indicted for going -- if i pled because i won a trip to scotland. tom went to mariano islands and jack and i didn't. the question is that an illegal trip? jack paid for tom's doctors...
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they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena, whose mayor indicated, before the unconstitutional ruling, that he had a plan. he didn't like single-member districts which give access to many of emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to the at-large. the said now i can do it, because there is no permission i need get. there are many things, "stand your ground" laws, and an article in the edmund paper in oklahoma said the bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. i have a bill that wants to review the "stand your ground" law. i believe we can engauge. i believe there are good people, al
they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of...
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i heard from steve in is jacksonville, texas. if it were a mom and pop business that did with what fannie mae and freddie mac did, it would have been shut down for poor business practices and even jailed. .. >> i could not be more gratified that last week the president finally added his voice to this important debate. and although i heard few specifics, i welcome him to debate. i'm encouraged by this and i recognize that he is in sensible to solution. other important voices in this debate, besides your own or those of senator corker of tennessee and senator warner of virginia. i commend them for their leadership. as someone who's worked for years and years on the complicated and contentious issue of housing reform, i salute anyone who will roll up their sleeves and produce, not just rhetoric, but an actual plan. and even today more and more voices are being heard in this debate and this is encouraging. this is good. i stand ready to listen to all and to negotiate in good faith with all. and i do this with an open mind. i do not d
i heard from steve in is jacksonville, texas. if it were a mom and pop business that did with what fannie mae and freddie mac did, it would have been shut down for poor business practices and even jailed. .. >> i could not be more gratified that last week the president finally added his voice to this important debate. and although i heard few specifics, i welcome him to debate. i'm encouraged by this and i recognize that he is in sensible to solution. other important voices in this...
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as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've grown a lot faster. we've grown at least 4% about a third of the years over the past 60 years. we also know that 4% growth is possible because in states like it's where we are today, they grow at 4% or even more. texas grew, i believe, at 4.8% in the last calendar year, that's the latest data. if you compare that to the u.s. growth which i said, again, is between 2-2.5%, so we know we can do better, and we know there are lessons out will in america that can show us how we can do better. we're here today to talk about immigration as well in addition to growth. and as the ambassador said, we kn
as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've...
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probably a walk in the park for her because she started out with the texas state legislator legislature. again, we thank you for that. next to her he is the bureau chief head in washington, he started as a reporter's reporter. about how he likes we like to describe. he is a third-generation newsman. down at the under the table is alex mueller, who gives us a different perspective. he gives us a graphic perspective and he has background in graphic design and journalism. both were rollcall and for the hill. we have experienced much of the industry. those are our panelists. we are very happy to have all of them here. , i am not going to make any kind of presentation. but we would just like to throw out some questions, to jump and come an analyst at jumping in with each other and we will talk about whatever you want to talk about. i would like to ask the panelist to talk about how you do things differently so how is this effective in communicating politics? >> i would like to say that we threw out the mold in terms of stories when we created politifact. we thought that the inverted term and
probably a walk in the park for her because she started out with the texas state legislator legislature. again, we thank you for that. next to her he is the bureau chief head in washington, he started as a reporter's reporter. about how he likes we like to describe. he is a third-generation newsman. down at the under the table is alex mueller, who gives us a different perspective. he gives us a graphic perspective and he has background in graphic design and journalism. both were rollcall and...
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gloria swanson, one of the things i found is i went to austin, texas to see the glorious once in papers. i teach ph.d. students. appro with the only historian has made the trip to austin texas, which says these great archives, including the lbj library, to let the glorious slauson papers, and then then i found her handwritten notes that she gave whoever wrote her autobiography -- the autobiography had none of this. red without much participation from her. remember when will the chamberlain or charles barkley or someone was asked -- was a barkley? what is this doing? he said to i don't know. i haven't ready yet. gloria swanson in these handwritten notes said the she tried during and after her affair with joe to figure out how this devout catholic who went to confession in mass kitschy of his life. she said -- and loyal as communal, had her own prejudices she didn't like she's very much. she said it was because confession was like washing his sense. he would go to confession, washes hands : all over again the next day. this is part of the story after tell. yes, sir. over here. >> would yo
gloria swanson, one of the things i found is i went to austin, texas to see the glorious once in papers. i teach ph.d. students. appro with the only historian has made the trip to austin texas, which says these great archives, including the lbj library, to let the glorious slauson papers, and then then i found her handwritten notes that she gave whoever wrote her autobiography -- the autobiography had none of this. red without much participation from her. remember when will the chamberlain or...
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texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize marijuana. there's not a single member of the senate who is -- you can describe in any way as promarijuana or having, you know, proposed any kind of, like, you know, even medical marijuana legislation. >> host: ryan next, huntington station, new york. good morning. >> caller: good morning. so far he talking about the economic upsides of legalization, but i'm afraid of the possible economic down side wide spread legalization and that as it becomes more legal, it's going deprive revenue and labor from good american corporations like the -- constructions -- correc
texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize...
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but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's a lot of kids from other countries, you better have a good bilingual program, a rich bilingual program that pays attention to language fluency and how they do in academic subjects. today it's bilingual, tomorrow english only, that happens in so many districts, especially in california. there's esl classes, day one. here kids transition slowly. this school district knows what educators know. that is it's really important to get a grounding in your home language before learning the second language. really important to hold on to that home language because being bilingual in the society is a huge adva
but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's...
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the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon and how we in conjunction with our partners in the hospital preparedness program were able to get the community ready for that bombing and other such events. i could go along with c ante and influenza. but just examples that this isn't abstract. this is what is going on in your communities every day to make sure that you are protected from public health threats. this is to give you a reality of the situation of what happened to the public health funding within your state and local health departments over the last decade. and going off of your comment, i would like to have platinum lev
the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon...
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april 17, 2013 explosion at the west texas plant at west texas was most likely not the result of terrorist activity or foul play. therefore the anti-terrorism standards, the program was not directly implicated. but the tragic incident revealed a disturbing fact about this program itself. there are thousands of facilities that handle these high-risk chemical was that have gone under the radar at the department of homeland security. i am grateful that mr. caldwell is here and i know that the gao has looked at this particular issue among others and just in the words of his report the preliminary findings of the investigation show that the explosion killed at least 14 people and injured more than 200 others. severely damaged or destroyed nearly 200 homes and three nearby schools and the nursing home and an apartment complex. according to the chemical safety board, the fire at the facility detonated about 30 tons of ammonium nitrate as of july 2013. the cause of the fire had not been determined. i think what that states clearly is the real-life ramifications of the inability identify where the
april 17, 2013 explosion at the west texas plant at west texas was most likely not the result of terrorist activity or foul play. therefore the anti-terrorism standards, the program was not directly implicated. but the tragic incident revealed a disturbing fact about this program itself. there are thousands of facilities that handle these high-risk chemical was that have gone under the radar at the department of homeland security. i am grateful that mr. caldwell is here and i know that the gao...
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a long time ago 30 years ago i was in our bureau in texas during the first reagan administration and spent a lot of time looking at the emergence of the hispanic vote and in fact efforts by the republican party to harness more of those voters and they have been doing it for 30 years without a consistent record of success. they have not been able to grow in any sizable way. george w. bush did very well with hispanics and did pretty well as president. his brother did ewell in florida that says it is possible for a candidate to do pretty well. but if you look at susanna martinez the governor of -- the republican governor of mexico or brian sandoval the republican governor of nevada both won elections in 2010 with a minority of the hispanic vote in their states. so it's a struggle even for a hispanic candidate and part of it is with the two parties have stood for. one of the things that both the romney and obama campaign did in this past election is we did a lot of looking at immigration and that was certainly a factor. for half the single biggest factor that pushed more voters to the de
a long time ago 30 years ago i was in our bureau in texas during the first reagan administration and spent a lot of time looking at the emergence of the hispanic vote and in fact efforts by the republican party to harness more of those voters and they have been doing it for 30 years without a consistent record of success. they have not been able to grow in any sizable way. george w. bush did very well with hispanics and did pretty well as president. his brother did ewell in florida that says it...
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the civil rights community in texas has worked with the tea party in texas. texas now has passed so many that will downsize that state prison system that they are planning to shut down the first prison ever. [applause] and there is a woman who if she was here would remind us we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests. and i knew today to say that the civil-rights community of the day is focused on our permanent interest. we are winning the victory in the democratic dominated states and we are winning victory in republican dominated states and we remember what surely taught us and we intend to stand here is a movement 50 years from now having to talk frankly less about the continuation on the old battles that have been handed down to us from people that are no longer with us and more about commemoration there is 50 years after the i have a dream speech. let's remember that we are leading and we are winning. and in those places it seems darkest right now and hardest right now, we have one there before and again.
the civil rights community in texas has worked with the tea party in texas. texas now has passed so many that will downsize that state prison system that they are planning to shut down the first prison ever. [applause] and there is a woman who if she was here would remind us we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests. and i knew today to say that the civil-rights community of the day is focused on our permanent interest. we are winning the...
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as i left texas, so things are happening. one, the voter id law was implemented within minutes of the supreme court declaring that section five was invalid. but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena whose mayor indicated before the unconstitutional ruling that he had a plan member districts which give access to many of the emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to at large, and now i can do because there's no permission that i need get. there are many things, stand your ground law, an article in the admin paper in oklahoma said that the bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. because i have a bill that wants to redo the stand your ground law. i believe we can engage. i believe that good people from all races, color, creed and background, i think this is a clarion call for dialogue but it is also a clarion call for action. and it is not a clarion call for resting or waiting for stepping back. and i'm delighted to be here with you, and i wi
as i left texas, so things are happening. one, the voter id law was implemented within minutes of the supreme court declaring that section five was invalid. but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena whose mayor indicated before the unconstitutional ruling that he had a plan member districts which give access to many of the emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to at large, and now i can do because there's no...
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texas republican senator ted cruise cruz. what is he saying? >> he released his birth certificate in the story in the "dallas morning news" that was posted late sunday night that talk about an issue we have been looking at for awhile which is can he run for president and serve as president. he was born in canada to a u.s.-citizens mother and cuban mother. there's never been a president foreign born like that. legal experts generally agree he can probably serve as president. it remains somewhat uncertain whether or not that's the case. >> legal experts are claiming that he is a canada citizens. beyond acknowledging that news. what is he doing in response? >> well,, you know, i think this is a roleout for him. he's tick -- sticks his tow toe to the presidential process. he was in iowa and going to new hampshire for another event. those are two important state in the presidential process. i think it was an effort by his team to get the issue out of the way, and have this debate at the time when the heat of the campaign is not being waged when they
texas republican senator ted cruise cruz. what is he saying? >> he released his birth certificate in the story in the "dallas morning news" that was posted late sunday night that talk about an issue we have been looking at for awhile which is can he run for president and serve as president. he was born in canada to a u.s.-citizens mother and cuban mother. there's never been a president foreign born like that. legal experts generally agree he can probably serve as president. it...
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he kept it alive, then they hired a texas democrat. nixon hired him to replace archibald cox. in the end, he would be even tougher on richard nixon than archibald cox was. >> host: banks worked for him? >> guest: yes. she stayed. right through as did the rest of the team. >> host: how long were your interviews, usually? >> guest: most about two hours. sometimes they were longer sometimes shorter. the shortest was with busy senator kerry. i asked him about vietnam and his work in the american veteran's. that was 23 minute. the longest l of -- couple of sessions and ray price. that was about six hours. >> host: what he is doing now? >> guest: henry kissinger said no. i was moderating a panel with him in college, and we were in the green room, which wasn't green. green rooms are rarely green. beforehand and i was trying to be fair to him. i let him know what i was going ask him. went on stage and he didn't answer any of them. and after wards he turned to me and said didn't answer any of your questions. you tried hard. he made it clear to me as we chatted he was never doing a vide
he kept it alive, then they hired a texas democrat. nixon hired him to replace archibald cox. in the end, he would be even tougher on richard nixon than archibald cox was. >> host: banks worked for him? >> guest: yes. she stayed. right through as did the rest of the team. >> host: how long were your interviews, usually? >> guest: most about two hours. sometimes they were longer sometimes shorter. the shortest was with busy senator kerry. i asked him about vietnam and his...
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another 18% in texas. and along with new york and illinois, those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and, the most, some of the most interesting things about this group have to do with their age and a large share are teenagers, high school age. a time when we're all making important transitions into adulthood, drivers licenses, graduating from high school. applying for jobs. perhaps, applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are very -- relatively young. more than a third or 36% were 18 or younger when they applied. only 24% were 24 years of age or older. in the middle, 19-23-year-olds, largest group, 40%. so, they're relatively young and they were young when they arrived. two thirds of them were 10 years of age or younger. one-third of them were five years old or younger. so this is a very, a group that's been in the u.s. for a long time. the majority have been in the united states for a decade or more. and that's important given their age obviously. they have spe
another 18% in texas. and along with new york and illinois, those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and, the most, some of the most interesting things about this group have to do with their age and a large share are teenagers, high school age. a time when we're all making important transitions into adulthood, drivers licenses, graduating from high school. applying for jobs. perhaps, applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are very -- relatively...
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. >> host: eric and freeport texas. good morning you are on the washington journal. >> guest: everyday the rich zero leal executives sell 40 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to foreign countries. every day by over a million barrels of crude oil. we don't want to say a word about it. why is it you don't want to talk about energy experts? i think we should approve the pipeline as far as oklahoma so that it's easy to sell to americans and hard to sell to foreigners. we should ban the sale of gasoline be sold. thank you. >> guest: i personally think exports are a good and healthy for our economy. they create jobs, too tebeau i want to make sure that for the keystone pipeline perspective that the oil transported from canada to that pipeline does stay in the united states. the reality is that it goes to as many as six or seven refineries from kansas, oklahoma, texas to louisiana. there is no doubt the vast majority of not 100% of the gasoline will be distributed within the united states and not put on. but there have be
. >> host: eric and freeport texas. good morning you are on the washington journal. >> guest: everyday the rich zero leal executives sell 40 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to foreign countries. every day by over a million barrels of crude oil. we don't want to say a word about it. why is it you don't want to talk about energy experts? i think we should approve the pipeline as far as oklahoma so that it's easy to sell to americans and hard to sell to foreigners. we should ban...
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some states like texas set very severe caps. they haven't seen lower trend lines because they set the cap. it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine. it's true the tort system doesn't work. it's true we need changes. it's all true. it won't fix the terrorist trends. they because of it's because of a rationality in the system. it's because of delivering too many of the wrong kinds of social security. yo lot of ama's answer to this and physician's answer is tort reform. you can say, you know, yes, you are right the tort system needs to be fixed. it's not the answer to the cost trends. >> thank you, doctor. that was incredibly interesting. [applause] i want to ask our executive director to give us an update on the association and assistanting state to control health costs while maintaining quality. >> thank you we're trying to emulate what jeff it doing. we have an agreement with jeff trying to utilize his technique. we have awarded seven states project to see if we can take some of the technique jeff and his co
some states like texas set very severe caps. they haven't seen lower trend lines because they set the cap. it's absolutely true that doctors practice defensive medicine. it's true the tort system doesn't work. it's true we need changes. it's all true. it won't fix the terrorist trends. they because of it's because of a rationality in the system. it's because of delivering too many of the wrong kinds of social security. yo lot of ama's answer to this and physician's answer is tort reform. you...
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senator wendy davis will talk about the political climate in texas and her future plans. you can see her comments starting live at 1 eastern on c-span. and then live at 7:30 eastern, the new jersey democratic candidates debate. newark mayor cory booker faces hush holt and frank pallone as well as sheila oliver, and that'll start at 7:30 eastern, again on c-span. and all this week at 7 eastern here on c-span2, it's an encore q&a. tonight, nasa administrator charles bolden. he talks about his experiences as an astronaut and current duties working for the world's largest space agency. >> for me to say that the house has done something right. i'm teasing about that. the house, they're fine. but they've actually passed some of this, and i think that we ought to look at what they've done and, certainly, if we want to take a stab at doing our own thing in the senate, that's great, but we need to get moving on this in the senate, and this is a real threat, it's a real problem, and all of my colleagues who are on the intelligence committee -- i'm not, but they all lay awake at nig
senator wendy davis will talk about the political climate in texas and her future plans. you can see her comments starting live at 1 eastern on c-span. and then live at 7:30 eastern, the new jersey democratic candidates debate. newark mayor cory booker faces hush holt and frank pallone as well as sheila oliver, and that'll start at 7:30 eastern, again on c-span. and all this week at 7 eastern here on c-span2, it's an encore q&a. tonight, nasa administrator charles bolden. he talks about his...
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rights case, not to forget this past term also decided an affirmative-action case from the university of texas in which affirmative action survived by a hair. i am persuaded that in that decision the supreme court is setting up the law to strike down racial diversity as a compelling justification for race conscious affirmative action programs. taken together weakens a three things about each of those events or images, each of which offers us a perch on to the state of black politics in the united states today. about that supreme court decision, in his opinion for the courts the chief justice, justice roberts, says something that i do not think could have been said hist 50 years ago, would not have been sent 50 years ago by a member of the u.s. supreme court. there's a moment in the opinion in which he frankly admits that racial discrimination in american life, a particularly here in voting, exists, goes on to say no one denies that and yet by the end of the opinion what he has given us is a reading of the constitution which effectively says racial discrimination exists, no one denies it and we
rights case, not to forget this past term also decided an affirmative-action case from the university of texas in which affirmative action survived by a hair. i am persuaded that in that decision the supreme court is setting up the law to strike down racial diversity as a compelling justification for race conscious affirmative action programs. taken together weakens a three things about each of those events or images, each of which offers us a perch on to the state of black politics in the...
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look at the famous presidential daily briefing to george bush in crawford, texas. one month before 9/11. what does it say? that was intelligence that was important enough to share with the president of the united states two years later. that was gotten by gregory scarpa, jr. for the fbi. linda and scarpa at that point in 1996 it was a huge problem in the southern district of new york and broob lynn. remember i told you about the colombo war. fourteen guys and the guy shot through the glass in the window. hank? well, they are now 75 cases percolating through the court in the colombo war. these are all the wise guys. in the original cases nobody knew that carr pa had a secret relationship with the bureau. the defense attorney never knew. linda was testifying as an experience. nobody had an idea he was in a quote holy alliance. that's what they call the material. so you a right as a criminal defendant whether you're in the mob or not. they freaking out. a memo was sent in '96. they start doing in march of '96. here a memo in 1996. the new york office who became -- and
look at the famous presidential daily briefing to george bush in crawford, texas. one month before 9/11. what does it say? that was intelligence that was important enough to share with the president of the united states two years later. that was gotten by gregory scarpa, jr. for the fbi. linda and scarpa at that point in 1996 it was a huge problem in the southern district of new york and broob lynn. remember i told you about the colombo war. fourteen guys and the guy shot through the glass in...
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>> guest: well, rob paul left the congress, a doctor from texas. his son, rand paul, is a senator now. we tried to interview ron paul many times. we were not able to. but -- um, i -- you know, it's not one opinion. it is about looking at the different issues that he dealt with. on the issue of war, he was fiercely opposed to war, and i think you see that from right to left, you see why these lines are breaking down. where you have libertarians deeply concerned about war, certainly, ron paul was. the issues of his newsletters and the racism in the newsletters in his early years are of grave concern as well. and it just makes me think today there is no connection, just thinking of the last few weeks of our programming. one of the things we have been looking at are the terrible killings of the prison chiefs in colorado and then an ada in texas, and then a d.a. and his wife in texas. are there connections between these killings? and the concern of -- we don't know absolutely, though the colorado prison chief, it looks like the suspect died in texas, pa
>> guest: well, rob paul left the congress, a doctor from texas. his son, rand paul, is a senator now. we tried to interview ron paul many times. we were not able to. but -- um, i -- you know, it's not one opinion. it is about looking at the different issues that he dealt with. on the issue of war, he was fiercely opposed to war, and i think you see that from right to left, you see why these lines are breaking down. where you have libertarians deeply concerned about war, certainly, ron...
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do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping photograph of you. your conception of privacy change based on where you're at. i think the people in somewhere, utah. want to subject themselves to per pervasive surveillance it's their right to choose to do that. if massachusetts wants to ban unmanned systems let them do it. things will work themselves out. as an industry, you can develop and sell to the places that want to buy your product and the places that want to let the hikers die in the mountains. they'll die in the mountain until they realize it's a bit overprotective. if you have a one-size-fits-all privacy bill i don't think you're going result. especially when you look at the type of bill that are working the way through the congress right now. the best way to go on it is let it crop up and see what type of good idea crop up in the state. that's the best way for it to develop. not in d.c. we like to see good, strong, privacy legislation. >> that would be ou
do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping photograph of you. your conception of privacy change based on where you're at. i think the people in somewhere, utah. want to subject themselves to per pervasive surveillance it's their right to choose to do that. if massachusetts wants to ban unmanned systems let them do it. things will work themselves out. as an industry, you can develop and sell to the places that want to buy your...
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the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on the rest of the ways that privacy may be implicated. >> understood. ben? >> just to give a little bit of historical context for the audience, so really a lot of these issues running privacy and unmanned aircraft started about a year or so ago, after congress passed the faa authorization bill, which had been stalled for a number of years. and when congress finally passed not go there was a section in therefore calling for the faa to write this a few rules to allow unmanned aircraft to fly in national airspace. that language
the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on...
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we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do not just winning but winning that primary by 14 points in winning the general by 16 points. [applause] >> that was a testament to the grassroots. it was a testament to the power of men and women across the state with a passion to turn our country around. and i'll tell you, i don't think i have ever been a part of anything in my life that was more humbling and inspiring. tell you a true story from the campaign true. i was up in lubbock, texas, during the runoff. and an older gentleman came up to me, someone i didn't know, and he put his han
we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do...
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currently because of the act we cannot move an energy product from texas to the east coast so they are getting huge amounts of the natural gas and oil from a hostile areas. california also has geographical issues. so it is having a tough time getting energy from alaska or canada. so we need the policy for approving the pipelines particularly if they are in the same footprint as preexisting power or road easement. they shouldn't be tied up with environmental evaluations when the soil has already been affected by something like that. this is a national security issue and the middle east is about to blow up the are going to try to cut off our energy supplies and spike the oil price. >> host: do you think building the exfil pipeline will change our dependence significantly? >> caller: i think it will -- i think it will show a change of policy. currently the transportation bill that didn't get through the senate had sections that prohibited the this easing of environmental evaluation from other pipelines. i think the key thing to the pipeline approval is that it will show a change of the wi
currently because of the act we cannot move an energy product from texas to the east coast so they are getting huge amounts of the natural gas and oil from a hostile areas. california also has geographical issues. so it is having a tough time getting energy from alaska or canada. so we need the policy for approving the pipelines particularly if they are in the same footprint as preexisting power or road easement. they shouldn't be tied up with environmental evaluations when the soil has already...
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if i could use the analogy, i played football at southeast texas. it's almost like we had a team of football players running around on the field with no coach and what 9/11 not only the kind -- commission did find was because we didn't have agencies on the home team we needed a quarterback and that is what the whole world with the department of homeland security is, to bring together all the different agencies that have equities in defending the homeland into one team in under one coach. i think the size of the organization candidly should be shocking. all of us taking every one of those pieces that were there already and bringing them in for better coordination. >> host: gatesvilgatesvil le texas independent line with chad sweet ceo in co-founder of the chertoff group that formerly with the department of homeland security and the cia. >> caller: we always made -- the problem is you all stopped making one or two things that you are taking and putting the whole country -- you keep referring to people going through an intersection with a stop sign. [i
if i could use the analogy, i played football at southeast texas. it's almost like we had a team of football players running around on the field with no coach and what 9/11 not only the kind -- commission did find was because we didn't have agencies on the home team we needed a quarterback and that is what the whole world with the department of homeland security is, to bring together all the different agencies that have equities in defending the homeland into one team in under one coach. i...
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voting past rights and the court alsoof xa decided the affirmative-action case from the university of texas in which affirmative action survived by a hair and eye of frustrated in that decision the supreme court steadies up the lot to compelli strikeng down racial diversityfe as a compelling action justification for they thr affirmative action programs but taken together i think we can say three things o about each of those eventsof w or images. an each of which offers the state of black politics with that court decision in hiscourt opiniojun for the courtat i do justice robert said it's something i do not thinkhav could have said some 50berof t years ago or would not havecour. been said by a member of thes u.s. supreme court there ishat a member where he franklyiscmint admits it's it's that racial h discrimination in americang exc life exists.s and goes on to say no one us denies that but yet at thelega end of the opinion what he has given us, is a legalfetive judgment in the reading of the constitution that effectivelyin says racialno one discrimination exists, no one denies it and we don
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they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are nationals. so the access to wheelchairs', walkers to more arrows in your district has drastically changed. walmart got a contract and have to bring it to you and deliver it and teach you how to use it. if anyone believes that is going to happen, i don't. >> well, skepticism is a good thing. this gentleman right here. >> the sequestration. i think a lot of us are asking, we want more of this and more of that. i was proud to take a drive on a tinker air force base up until this year. all of a sudden, you're telling me my time is now worth -- whenever we are doing that there must be wrong because you're not
they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are...
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you wouldy necessarily stereotype houston, texas. texas, it is worth keeping an eye on what happens there. if you cover politics and policy in this era of budget -- >> you cover politics and policy. what can mayor is expected from washington regarding infant -- regarding infrastructure, the nuts and bolts. >> you talk to mirrors over the country -- you talk to mi ayors and they are fed up with how little support they get from washington. certainty.ally no stimulusof ways, the that a lot of folks credit with helping give the economy a jolt back in 2009, it just deferred the fiscal problems for mayors for a couple of years. the green taxis or the supersized drinks in new york city that mayor bloomberg wanted to ban, what is the legacy that he has had in new york city and the influence he may have had on other mayors across the country? >> obviously, one of the major influences has been his health policies. the ban on big sodas did not go into effect and that was not very popular. his policies on biking, the bike postinghe policy of cal
you wouldy necessarily stereotype houston, texas. texas, it is worth keeping an eye on what happens there. if you cover politics and policy in this era of budget -- >> you cover politics and policy. what can mayor is expected from washington regarding infant -- regarding infrastructure, the nuts and bolts. >> you talk to mirrors over the country -- you talk to mi ayors and they are fed up with how little support they get from washington. certainty.ally no stimulusof ways, the that a...
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mike's in fort worth, texas. hi, mike. >> caller: how's it going, larry? my -- pretty good. i'm a african-american democrat, but i agree with you one of the big problems in the african-american community is lack of fathers in the house. but i think, larry, when you say that, you kind of come off kind of harsh on black people. now, what's the reason behind the lack of a lot of fathers being in the house, drinking or in prison? well, back -- this is my belief. back in the '30s and '40s black people were lawyers, they had their own businesses like your father had that restaurant. today had, they were dentists -- they had, they were dentists, we had a lot of grocery stores because there was segregation, and we couldn't go to white places, so we had to become plumbers, our dentists, doctors and physicians. well, for the last 56 years there hasn't been, there hasn't been -- black youngsters haven't seen, haven't been able to go to the black dentist say like in the '30s or '40s or to a grocery store that's owned by black people or to a black doctor's office. you get my point, what
mike's in fort worth, texas. hi, mike. >> caller: how's it going, larry? my -- pretty good. i'm a african-american democrat, but i agree with you one of the big problems in the african-american community is lack of fathers in the house. but i think, larry, when you say that, you kind of come off kind of harsh on black people. now, what's the reason behind the lack of a lot of fathers being in the house, drinking or in prison? well, back -- this is my belief. back in the '30s and '40s...
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bush was the founder of texas. the halon affiliation and they were delighted that stuart bowen has developed such innovative and attractive materials to understand. i think it really is held that there's a lot of visual presentation of lessons and iraq and the very complicated story of funding what didn't work very well. and how we can do betterh next te. we have invited stuart bowen to meet his presentations first. we will then turn to jim schear, who has recently finished his second tour of the pentagon as an assistant secretary for responsibility for stability operations in his earlier career he was a research scholar at the national defense university, director of research there and worked throughout his career on these questions of stabilization and reconstruction including at the u.n. and some of its early post of war success stories in cambodia, the balkans and elsewhere. so how did stuart bowen ideas, what kind of responses were there more broadly in the pentagon and the interagency community and his own re
bush was the founder of texas. the halon affiliation and they were delighted that stuart bowen has developed such innovative and attractive materials to understand. i think it really is held that there's a lot of visual presentation of lessons and iraq and the very complicated story of funding what didn't work very well. and how we can do betterh next te. we have invited stuart bowen to meet his presentations first. we will then turn to jim schear, who has recently finished his second tour of...
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not to forget the court this past term also decided an affirmative action case from the university of texas, in which affirmative action survived by a hair. i am persuaded that by that the decision the supreme court is setting up the law to strike down racial diversity as a compelling justification for race conscious affirmative action programs. but taken together i think we can say three things about each of those events or images, each of which offers us an approach on to the state of black politics in the united states today. about that supreme court decision in his opinion for the court, the chief justice, justice roberts says it's something that i do not think could have been set 50 years ago and would not have been set 50 years ago by a member of the u.s. supreme court. there is a moment in the opinion in which he frankly admits that racial discrimination in american life, particularly here in the voting excess and goes on to say no one denies that. yet by the end of the opinion, what he has given us is a legal judgment, the reading of the constitution, which effectively says racial d
not to forget the court this past term also decided an affirmative action case from the university of texas, in which affirmative action survived by a hair. i am persuaded that by that the decision the supreme court is setting up the law to strike down racial diversity as a compelling justification for race conscious affirmative action programs. but taken together i think we can say three things about each of those events or images, each of which offers us an approach on to the state of black...
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gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written without much participation. remember when, who was a? wilt chamberlain or charles barkley for some and was asked, was it pashtun was a berkeley? yeah, he was asked what's this doing in your biography? in the autobiography. he said i don't know, i haven't read it yet last night lori swanson, gloria swanson in these handwritten notes said that she tried during and after her affair with joe to figure out how to get out of catholic who went to confession and went to mass -- devout catholic, could cheat on his wife like this. and she said, and gloria wise, you know, had her own prejudices. didn't like
gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written...
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suddenly texas, arkansas louisiana is cut away. you can't get there anymore. so all their supplies, all the food and all the manpower is coming from the mississippi through the confederacy coming eastbound. it doesn't happen anymore. they can't cross the river. big union controls the river. the other thing is vicksburg is a rail hub. the railroad coming from the east stops at the river in vicksburg and from there it points west -- from points west that stops. now the union army controls the railroad and they cut it off. you can't underestimate the power of rivers and roberts during the civil war. they didn't have interstate highways. they didn't have trucks. these rivers and railroads and the union army by capturing vicksburg stops all of that and the whole part of the country. the other part of this is now the mississippi river is wide open for the union army to use and the union navy to use to transport material meant food equipment, so whatever they need and to the south trade it very definitely is the beginning to the end for the confederacy and a lot of p
suddenly texas, arkansas louisiana is cut away. you can't get there anymore. so all their supplies, all the food and all the manpower is coming from the mississippi through the confederacy coming eastbound. it doesn't happen anymore. they can't cross the river. big union controls the river. the other thing is vicksburg is a rail hub. the railroad coming from the east stops at the river in vicksburg and from there it points west -- from points west that stops. now the union army controls the...
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you can see that's representative joaquin castro from texas. gray skies here. a little drizzle but large crowds onhand. we anticipate remarks from former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton. and organized ringing of church bells about the same time of day that reverend king delivered his call for equal rights. at 2:45 eastern we'll have live coverage on c-span of president obama making remarks. in fact, we have live coverage of the entire event throughout the day over on c-span. at 2:00 eastern we're live on u.s.-russia relations. president obama heading to russia next week for the g20 summit. the brookings institution will take a look at the issues between the two nations including policy toward syria. this week about 7:15 eastern on c c-span2 we feature washington garble -- journal spotlight on magazines. tonight on booktv prime time fairs and festivals will begin at 8:00 eastern with the harlem book fair. and the los angeles festival of books. we'll follow him and lynn olsen who wrote "those angry days." booktv prime time tonight at 8:00 eastern. there
you can see that's representative joaquin castro from texas. gray skies here. a little drizzle but large crowds onhand. we anticipate remarks from former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton. and organized ringing of church bells about the same time of day that reverend king delivered his call for equal rights. at 2:45 eastern we'll have live coverage on c-span of president obama making remarks. in fact, we have live coverage of the entire event throughout the day over on c-span. at 2:00...
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from many politicians talking about the lean years of will surely come. >> host: next call, houston, texas. the independent line. go ahead. >> good morning. back in the late 70's, maybe the early 80's, one of governor brown's run for the presidency, he suggested that the number one problem in america was racism. i understand times were different back then, but do you still think he subscribes to that? >> that did not come up in just that form, and just letting you know. let did not come up. on the other hand, he is presiding over a state which is not only the largest aid but the most populous and also is the most majority minority stake in the country. latino population is much greater than the national average. whites are a smaller share of the california population. to govern that state you have to have some conscious of the diverse origins of the modern american people. what did come up more than that, something was going to extract from a conversation. the main problem for america to my sense of where the trustees of the public good. people that can say her rushing us into war someplac
from many politicians talking about the lean years of will surely come. >> host: next call, houston, texas. the independent line. go ahead. >> good morning. back in the late 70's, maybe the early 80's, one of governor brown's run for the presidency, he suggested that the number one problem in america was racism. i understand times were different back then, but do you still think he subscribes to that? >> that did not come up in just that form, and just letting you know. let...
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bush was the governor of texas they had a long affiliation and we are really delighted that he has developed such innovative and attractive materials to understand. i think it really does help the there's a lot of visual presentation of the lessons of iraq and the very complicated story of funding what didn't work so well and how we can do better the next time. so, we have invited stuart bowen to make his presentations first. we will then turn to jim schear who finished his second tour as assistant secretary with responsibility for the civility operations in his earlier career kube is a research scholar at the national defense university, director of research and works throughout his career on the questions of the stabilization and reconstruction including at the u.n. and some of the post cold war success stories in cambodia, the balkans and elsewhere. so how did stuart bowen, what kind of responses were there broadly in the pentagon in the interagency community and his own reflections on what would be the right tools or the right mechanisms to respond to the post conflict environment and we
bush was the governor of texas they had a long affiliation and we are really delighted that he has developed such innovative and attractive materials to understand. i think it really does help the there's a lot of visual presentation of the lessons of iraq and the very complicated story of funding what didn't work so well and how we can do better the next time. so, we have invited stuart bowen to make his presentations first. we will then turn to jim schear who finished his second tour as...
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texas senator delivering the keynote at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. the senator has reportedly considered a presidential run and will be introduced by new hampshire senator. then live friday at 7:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >> over at the white house president obama has no public events today. he prepares for a 2-day bus trip through upstate new york and pennsylvania beginning tomorrow. the president will talk about ideas to help make college education more affordable for the middle-class. scheduled stops at the state university of new york and buffalo and the haskell in syracuse. on friday, the president participates in that town hall style events. the stop at a college in scranton, pennsylvania. you can check our website, c-span.org, for more information on coverage *. as we approach the 50th anniversary of the march on washington and martin luther king jr. i have a dream speech, hosting a discussion this afternoon on civil rights economic inequality and the relevance of dr. king's vision today live at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. and ton
texas senator delivering the keynote at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. the senator has reportedly considered a presidential run and will be introduced by new hampshire senator. then live friday at 7:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >> over at the white house president obama has no public events today. he prepares for a 2-day bus trip through upstate new york and pennsylvania beginning tomorrow. the president will talk about ideas to help make college...
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austin,y in texas. good morning. caller: it is probably good for the employees that they are not going to cover their spouses. i worked for the state and i had insurance. my husband has me on his insurance. i got sick. my insurance was the primary insurance. his insurance would not pay for me anyway. it doesn't make sense to have your spouse on your insurance when the insurance is not going to pay anyway. only my insurance paid because mine was primary. guest: thanks, joy. that is a good illustration of what employees and employers have been wrestling with for a few years. the way the system grew up had a lot of overlapping coverage in two-income families. there would be overlapping benefits. one of the things that has been happening over the last five years is you have companies like ups trying to sort that out and decide we are going to cover this but if a spouse is covered, we will only cover that secondarily or we might not cover it at all. what you are seeing is a separation of the overlapping coverage. it sound
austin,y in texas. good morning. caller: it is probably good for the employees that they are not going to cover their spouses. i worked for the state and i had insurance. my husband has me on his insurance. i got sick. my insurance was the primary insurance. his insurance would not pay for me anyway. it doesn't make sense to have your spouse on your insurance when the insurance is not going to pay anyway. only my insurance paid because mine was primary. guest: thanks, joy. that is a good...
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and then you are not giving free trade to anybody in the long run. >> my name is robin name from texas in my economic development class we talked about western imperialism how the u.s. and great britain impose a western views on how their goods inheritance in that way and if they talk about how that can be beneficial and i am wondering in your opinion is there any time the state run enterprise can be beneficial or can it become privately owned or is it a good thing or is it always lead to the ending? >> excellent question. i read an editorial a couple years ago on earth day that basically degenerated like ups and fedex and the delivery of junk mail that nobody wants sova to keep the fleet of 300,000 and it can take you to a landfill. there is a role to be a primary customer as they provide a way to step back and there are other cases in one handed over to the public can develop a global positioning system, and the interstate highway system if anybody is interested in see what you will see corruption behind it. >> it would seem that you touched on one that appeared with the united state
and then you are not giving free trade to anybody in the long run. >> my name is robin name from texas in my economic development class we talked about western imperialism how the u.s. and great britain impose a western views on how their goods inheritance in that way and if they talk about how that can be beneficial and i am wondering in your opinion is there any time the state run enterprise can be beneficial or can it become privately owned or is it a good thing or is it always lead to...
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texas' is now pass so many laws. the prison system that they're planning to shut down the first person ever. we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests , and i'm here today to say that the civil rights community of the day is focused on a permanent interest. winning victories in democratic dominated states. we remember. we intend to stand here as a movement having to talk less about continuation. all battles and then handed down tests. more about commemoration. we put ourselves out of business. the area is 50 years after the i have a dream speech. too much business left. let's get on. let's remember that we are beating. we are winning. in those places where is seen starkest and hardest right now, we have when there before and will again. thank you and god bless. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. coalition. their standing with this. so well of like is to also think the national coalition on black civics. board members standing with me today. if we didn't know why, we
texas' is now pass so many laws. the prison system that they're planning to shut down the first person ever. we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests , and i'm here today to say that the civil rights community of the day is focused on a permanent interest. winning victories in democratic dominated states. we remember. we intend to stand here as a movement having to talk less about continuation. all battles and then handed down tests. more...
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suddenly texas, arkansas, most of louisiana is cut away. you cannot get there in more. and so all those supplies, the food, the manpower coming from the mississippi to the confederacy coming east stops. does not happen anymore. union controls the river. the other thing is the expert is of real hope. the growth coming from the east stopped at the river. things would come back for. that stopped because now the union army controls the railroad . they cut it on. you cannot underestimate the power of rage and real rooms during the civil war. it'd have trucks. it was reason gallons. the union army by capturing expert stops all that from that whole part of the country. the other part of this is now the mississippi river is wind up for the union army to use, the union need be used to transport material, man, food, equipment, whatever they needed to the south. it very definitely is the beginning of the end for the confederacy. a lot of people in the confederacy know this. there are "the book to that effect, but that is the history lesson. you have people like john pemberton. he
suddenly texas, arkansas, most of louisiana is cut away. you cannot get there in more. and so all those supplies, the food, the manpower coming from the mississippi to the confederacy coming east stops. does not happen anymore. union controls the river. the other thing is the expert is of real hope. the growth coming from the east stopped at the river. things would come back for. that stopped because now the union army controls the railroad . they cut it on. you cannot underestimate the power...